Site Policy

Below are policies I maintain when running thegoldhive.com:

  • I will only promote products and that I genuinely believe in and use myself regardless of being sponsored or not. If a post is sponsored, I will say so directly in the specific post.

  • I will occasionally link to products using affiliate links that earn me a small commission when you make a purchase. It costs you nothing but makes shopping easier for you and it helps support my work.

  • I publish all my own content with my own designs, photographs, and tutorials. All content on thegoldhive.com is original unless I'm sharing inspiration, in which case I will always credit the original source.

  • I welcome you to use my images under the following conditions: You must give credit to me and link your readers back to the original blog post from which the image is sourced. For sharing on social media, you must give credit by tagging @thegoldhive in the image and within the first 120 characters of the caption. My images cannot be used for promotional use, advertising, or use without credit.

  • I reserve the right to monitor comments. Spam, self-promotional, and offensive comments are subject to deletion.

  • I will never sell or share your information without your consent.

Privacy Policy

Your security is very important to me. I will never sell or share your information without your consent. My site will collect:

...information you provide when you participate in comment forums, subscribe to a newsletter or email list, participate in an event, survey, contest or promotion, make a purchase, create an account, or otherwise communicate with me.

...information automatically such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, device type, visit times, pages viewed, web browser, and links clicked. This information is used to analyze trends, usage, and activities so I can provide, maintain, improve, personalize, and promote my site.

...information provided by cookies which are small data files stored on your hard drive that help me improve my site and your experience. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on thegoldhive.com or emails to help deliver cookies, count visits, and help us understand usage and campaign effectiveness.

COOKIE POLICY

A cookie is a small piece of data stored on the your computer by your web browser while using thegoldhive.com and other websites. Cookies remember your browsing activity like buttons you click, pages you visit, terms you search for. They also help you browse sites by auto-filling your name in form fields, remember your shopping cart, as well as save images on previously-visited sites for quick web loading.

I use cookies on thegoldhive.com to count the number of visitors to my site and to track how users like to navigate so I can make sure the site is designed for readers to find what they are looking for easily. The information is collected by Google Analytics and includes your IP address, your ISP, and the browser you’re using. Third parties will also use cookies on thegoldhive.com when I use affiliate links so online stores can send a small commission to me for referring to to make a purchase on their site. Third parties will also use your cookie information to display ads based on content most applicable to you based on previous search history.

You can easily clear your cookies or turn off the use of cookies by third parties in your web browser settings and/or at adssettings.google.com. However, this will affect how you interact with my site and others. It will prevent you from easily logging in to services or programs.

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia ("CafeMedia") for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia's data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy.

Third Party Use Policy

When you purchase from an advertiser I recommend, I may receive a small commission which supports me running this site. I use affiliate marketing companies to track cookies and manage commissions. You can review their policies of each company: RewardStyle, Amazon Associates, Awin, ShareASale, CJ, Rakuten.

The Gold Hive offers social sharing features (such as the Facebook “Like” button) which lets you share my blog posts with other media platforms. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with that social entity. For more information about the data collection, visit the privacy policies of these outside media platforms: Facebook, Pinterest, Google, Twitter.

You are welcome to subscribe to my email list to get my blog posts by email and get access to my email newsletter. You may opt out at any time by clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of the email, or by emailing ashley@thegoldhive.com.

If you have any questions about these policies, please contact me at ashley@thegoldhive.com.

Updated August 31, 2020